Blue Jay Barrens

My house in Southern Ohio sits atop a small cellar that was part of an old farm house constructed in 1875.  A drain pipe runs from the ce...

After being dry for nearly six weeks, the pond was partially restored by a two inch rain during the last week of October.  I’ve been caref...

The Blue Jay Barrens Water Garden will be celebrating its 15 year anniversary this summer.  On August 4, 2000 I installed a liner into th...

The bulk of salamander and Wood Frog egg laying at Blue Jay Barrens occurred between March 13 and March 17.  In the two weeks since egg l...

Warm spring rains always cause the level of activity to increase in the water garden. I went out last night to get a quick look at what was ...

We had a good rain Sunday night and I’m sure the salamanders headed for the pond, but I failed to see them. Part of the watershed for the po...